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Berber Hill

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3424

Location

Atlas number
EN3424 (3424)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Kenn
National Grid reference
SX924846
Latitude
50.65039
Longitude
-3.52316
Altitude
91 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
1.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Outworks (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1984)

Identifiers

HER
Devon MDV28313
National record
record SX 98 SW 24; monument 1048973
Wikidata
Q31114849

Sources

References

  1. Griffith, F.M. 1984. Aerial reconnaissance in Devon in 1984: a preliminary report and the discovery of a hillfort. Proc. Devon Archaeol. Soc, 42, 7-10..
  2. Griffith, F.M. and Wilkes, E.M. 2011. In the footsteps of pioneering women: some recent work on Devon hillforts, In Pearce, S (ed). Recent archaeological work in South-Western Britain, BAR British Series 548.